在印度没有孩子和没有儿子:对中年和老年成年人的主观福祉的影响
Kriti Vikram1, Jinhan Liu2, Suhyoon Choi2
1Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|November 20, 2025
概括
没有孩子会对晚年生活中的幸福产生负面影响,增加男性和女性的抑郁症状. 没有儿子特别与印度妇女的心理健康和生活满意度较差有关.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球生育率下降和预期寿命的增加引发了人们对无子女对晚年生活幸福感的影响的担忧.
- 在父系印度,父母,尤其是儿子,提供了显著的好处,而没有孩子的个人可能会面临耻辱和有限的支持.
- 在印度背景下,关于无子女和儿童性别组成如何影响老年人的主观幸福感的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 检查无子女,儿童的性别组成和印度男性和女性的主观福祉之间的关联.
- 调查抑郁症症状,生活不满和成年期中期和后期的自我评估健康的影响.
- 探索生活安排和经济福祉在这些协会中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了印度长度衰老研究 (N=59,070) 的数据.
- 采用生命历程视角来分析关联.
- 检查了无子女,儿子数量以及心理和身体健康结果之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 无子女与两性抑郁症状的增加和女性更大的生活不满有关.
- 缺少儿子与女性更高的抑郁症状和生活不满有关,并且在以后的生活中,男性和女性的自我评估健康状况较差.
- 生活方式和经济福祉调解了无子女和儿童性别构成对福祉的影响.
结论:
- 无子女和没有儿子的情况对印度老年人的福祉产生了重大影响.
- 应采取应对耻辱的干预措施,并加强对没有孩子的个人和女儿的父母的社会/经济支持.
- 未来的研究应该继续探索家庭结构,社会经济因素和健康老龄化的复杂相互作用.
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